A Higher Love, by Heather Bacchus, is the latest of a number of books by parents who write the story of losing a child because of cannabis. Despite her intense grief and the unexpected loss of her son, Randy Michael Bacchus III, Heather provides a model for finding hope and love as she shares the story of her loss. The book’s subtitle is “A Journey through Addiction, Cannabis-Induced Psychosis, Suicide and Redemption.”
Randy was born in November of 1999 and died in July of 2021. He started using marijuana at age 15. As Heather recounts her story, the reader is tempted to look for clues. What were the reasons to worry? Although the parents, Randy and Heather, discovered their son’s pot use and did not shrug it off, they didn’t know how dangerously different today’s marijuana is. Nor did they understand all the new forms of high-potency marijuana, including dabs and vapes. Continue reading Finding A Higher Love: Heather Shares Her Son’s Story